CA2433849A1 - Glaucoma treatment device and method - Google Patents

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CA2433849A1
CA2433849A1 CA002433849A CA2433849A CA2433849A1 CA 2433849 A1 CA2433849 A1 CA 2433849A1 CA 002433849 A CA002433849 A CA 002433849A CA 2433849 A CA2433849 A CA 2433849A CA 2433849 A1 CA2433849 A1 CA 2433849A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F9/007—Methods or devices for eye surgery
    • A61F9/00781—Apparatus for modifying intraocular pressure, e.g. for glaucoma treatment
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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A device for treating glaucoma in an eye is described. The device (1) includes a body (3) defining a lumen and having first (7) and second (9) ends and external and lumenal surfaces, wherein the body has a length sufficient to provide fluid communication between an anterior chamber and tear film of the eye through the lumen when the device is implanted in the sclera. The device further includes a filter (11) capable of providing outflow resistance to aqueous humor flowing through the lumen. Methods of treating glaucoma wherein the device is implanted in the sclera of an afflicted eye are also described.
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